Differences of personality, defensiveness, and compliance between admitting and denying male sex offenders

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 118-125

  Birgisson, Gunnar Hrafn ^a,b  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Iceland)

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EID: 0030536002     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088626096011001009     Document Type: Article

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